Insulators Local 34 features a four year state indentured apprenticeship program that combines a rigorous curriculum with extensive on the job training under expert mechanical insulators. After completing the program, apprentices are experienced mechanical insulators who have worked successfully in the most demanding thermal and cooling mechanical insulation applications. Trained by the best in the profession, our mechanical insulators have the skills, problem solving strategies and know how to meet the challenges of the most demanding mechanical insulation applications. In other words, our mechanical insulators don’t just have jobs, they have careers. And they are part of a community of brothers and sisters that maintain the high standards of a demanding and in-demand profession.   

The Apprenticeship Program    

Apprentices dedicate 172 hours annually to a professional curriculum, studying under 1-2 instructors per year and measuring progress with weekly grading and annual exams. In-depth coursework focuses on four critical areas: the installation process, material layout, job specs, and reading blueprints. Extensive on the job training puts these skills to work in the real world of mechanical insulation.

Apprentices work with expert mechanical insulators throughout all four years, gaining invaluable hands on training and experience. Strategic rotations give apprentices the opportunity to work with many of our best contractors. They learn, practice and perfect the skills for varied installation methods, solutions and environments.

Apprentices are paid for their on the job training, with pay levels increasing every two thousand hours worked. Our apprentices end their training as fully qualified mechanical insulators ready to continue work in multiple thermal and cooling environments.

Interested in Signing Up? Go to http://insulators34.org/apprenticeship for more information